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Political liberalism finds fascism abhorrent but neoliberalism is a fascist generator. Welcome to progressive neoliberalism: not the anti-fascism you’re looking for.
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IDT Comix presents Great Assholes of History Vol. 1: Vlad III Dracula (aka Vlad the Impaler). Vlad employed dubious methods to Make Wallachia Great Again. What an asshole! Just in time for Halloween.
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In 2017 the GOP passed tax cuts that dramatically inflated the federal deficit. A year later Mitch McConnell “The Tortuga” claims the ‘disturbing’ increase was caused by excessive entitlements spending. A classic neoliberal austerity bait-and-switch.
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As a new report warning of the threat of global warming is released, I’m beginning to grow skeptical that Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand is going to save us from climate change-induced mass extinction.
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Taxation is theft, but the tollbooth economy is not. It’s all about freedom, serf. Welcome to the new feudalism.
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The neoliberal left champions progressive positions on social and cultural issues, but only in a manner that treats criticism of existing economic arrangements like the third rail of politics. Viewed in this light the neoliberal left begins to look less like ‘the left’ and more like the market logic of neoliberal capitalism itself. I want to suggest that this is exactly how we ought to view it.
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Should the political project of the Left focus on class struggle or identity politics? This dispute, which speaks to the very nature of the Left’s emancipatory political project, is a false dilemma.
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The Civil War is still being fought between two conflicting and wholly incompatible visions of America. One vision is inspired by the Enlightenment, and the other is inspired by white supremacy. It’s time to recognize that the White Supremacist faction is winning.
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The deceptive southern charm of The Dukes of Hazzard, like the polo and khaki uniform of Charlottesville protesters, masks a sinister white supremacy.
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In 1973 Hannah Arendt made a profound observation: America is not a nation. American neo-nationalism is thus little more than a racist, intolerant attempt to recreate what never was.
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In the age of globalism conventional conservative and progressive commitments have become confused. We now leave in an age of ideological schizophrenia.
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